Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency v Titan Containers Ltd

Subject Matter

ROAD TRAFFIC — Goods vehicle — Length — Lorry with crane attached to chassis — Whether “overall length” of lorry including section of chassis on which crane mounted — Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52), s 42 — Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1078), regs 3(2), 7(1)

[2022] EWHC 2780 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 308; [2023] RTR 13; [2022] WLR(D) 440, KBD

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52), s 42

Statutory Instruments

Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1078), regs 3(2), 7(1)

Words & Phrases

"Overall length" — Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, reg 3(2)

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency v Titan Containers Ltd [2022] EWHC 2780 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 308; [2023] RTR 13; [2022] WLR(D) 440, KBD

Grey v Pearson (1857) 6 HL Cas 61

Vacher & Sons Ltd v London Society Of Compositors [1913] AC 107, HL

Warburton v Loveland (1832) 2 Dow & Cl 480, HL(I)